This year's Design Showcase was a huge success! We had 18 posters and 11 demonstrations from UBC and SFU students. DFP faculty member Eric Meyers (iSchool) MC'd the event, and we had guest speaker Barry Po share his experiences making the jump from academia to industry.
Congratulations to the award winners:
| Award Name | Criteria | Winner | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFP Project Award ($1,000) | Is the innovation clearly communicated? | Team Tableau: Finding Vizzes on Tableau Server | Ashish Chopra, Steve Kasica, Gustavo Tsay, Limor Tamim |
| What Sorcery is This? | The most complete-looking "wizard of oz" demo | Browse Assist: A Novel way to browse files on your OS File System | Steve Kasica, Ashish Chopra, Patrick Boutet, Abdulai Abdul-Fatawu |
| Glitterbomb! | Best visual design of a poster | Lowering the burden for visualizing heterogenous and multidimensional data in healthcare | Anamaria Crisan |
| Well Said | Best science communication (project pitch) | Guiding Pace and Intonation of Speech in Adult ESL Learners Using Visual Scaffolds in a Pronunciation Training Tool | Mohi Reza |
| Unicorn | Most disciplines in a single project | Real Emotions Don't Stand Still: Classifying Emotion Trajectory from Neural Activity | Laura Cang, Paul Bucci, Laura Rodgers, Hailey Mah |
| K-Index | Your personal favourite | Browse Assist: A Novel way to browse files on your OS File System | Steve Kasica, Ashish Chopra, Patrick Boutet, Abdulai Abdul-Fatawu |
| Walking Catfish | The strangest application of theory in practice | Designing with Conductive Silicone | Paul Bucci, Hanieh Shakeri |
| Darth | The results most likely to be used for evil purposes | Designing with Conductive Silicone | Paul Bucci, Hanieh Shakeri |